Iran talks with Saudi Arabia; Is Iran besting U.S. in Middle East Strategy?

[Gryphons Eyre]

Mid-East vow to curb sectarianism

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah have agreed to work together to fight sectarian strife in the Middle East.

The announcement followed a visit by Mr Ahmadinejad to Riyadh for rare talks.

Speaking on his return to Tehran, he said the two countries would stand together against "enemy plots" seeking to divide the Muslim world.

"Iran and Saudi Arabia oppose the dominance of enemies over the region and their conspiracies. During this trip, we tried to devise some measures to prevent the enemies from harming the Muslim world and to foil their plots," Mr Ahmadinejad said.

If you view this visit in light of the Seymour Hersh interview in addition to the belated seemingly change of heart by the Bush administration to join talks with Iran among other nations concerning stability in Iraq; I think you see a very savvy use of behind the scenes diplomacy within the region by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Much of this is only conjecture based on alleged events but so far for me Iran appears far better at their continued efforts to gain power in the region than the U.S. is in retaining credible power in the region. In fact The Bush administration Middle East policy has never ceased to amaze me at the shear blundering ineptness of it all.

The U.S. has always tried to use sectarian divide to support our interests around the world and in the Middle East. If Muslims can overcome this divide and show a united front against the west, which I would see as the strategy here, then certainly many of the options will be suddenly off the table in my view.

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[ShortnFiery]

1. On more than one level: This is Rich!

:rofl: :yoiks:

[CJCRANE]

2. Instead of colluding

with Bushco to knock down Iran, Saudi Arabia may instead decide to nuke up* too, to level the playing field.

*as in acquire their own weapons.

[TheBaldyMan]

3. No, Bush admin keeps shooting itself in the foot.

It's unbelieveable that any administration could be as wrong about so many things and still won't consider changing tack.

Iran isn't besting the USA, it just stands by while idiots flounder.

for an idea of how badly mismanaged the situation is check out this BBC Newsnight report on Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6278987.stm">The problem with the MEK

It has details of Iranian overtures to help guarantee stability in Iraq and help to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. The offer was rebuffed by the Bush Whitehouse. Instead they have decided to back a bunch of Iranians who make the Moonies look sane. It is fated to fail from the start but Bush Corp is staying the course on this policy as well.

How badly does the guy have to fuck up before he's impeached?